Sunday, May 18, 2008

2 TRUTHS & A LIE

posted by Aunty Cindy

Ever been at a get-together and played this game? Everyone in the room takes a turn telling three things about themselves. Two of them are the truth and one is a lie. Then everyone must figure out which is which.

Since it’s a lazy Sunday here in the Lair, we thought it would be fun to play a round of 2 Truths & a Lie… Bandita Style! So without further ado, here are some things you might not know about your favorite Banditas:

Jeanne Adams - I love this game...that's the truth, BTW. Ha! So, two truths and a lie about me would be, in no particular order: I'm a fifth degree black belt in the Korean art of Tae Kwon Do (broke boards, and my hand at a sparring meet once), I raise, show and train Dalmatians (including a Best in Show winner!), and I've rehabbed four houses, including knocking down walls and putting 'em back up again. So....whaddya think about that!

Christie: I love this game, too!! I have eight brothers and sisters. I am a former navy pilot. I have lived in 12 different houses or apartments.

Joan Kayse - Oh, cabana boy! I'll have another (hic) margarita! I've never played this game and that's the truth! But here goes... I am a master level quilter and have had my quilts displayed at the national quilt museum, I am renowned for my chocolate chip cookies, scones and have won scads of ribbons at the KY State Fair. I once onlined dated a man named Patrick from Northern Ireland.

Aunty C - *AHEM* Would you believe I was first runner up in a beauty pageant? What about that I was held up at gun point? Or that my ex proposed to me on our first date? Guess which one is false, I dare ya!

Suz- Okay, as my daughter says, "Mom, you're a writer, it's your job to make things up!" So here goes. I once delivered a baby in the front seat of a Grand Marquis. I've scuba dived off the gold coast of Florida. Two of my children formed a Christian Punk Rock Band and made a CD.

Jo: Like the others, I adore this game; here goes! (1) I was kidnapped in Guatemala. (2) I touched the Berlin Wall. (3) I rode a camel in Egypt.

Anna C - Never played this game before either. Closest I've come is a game called Balderdash and I'm terrible at that. But here goes. I studied music at university level. A guy who was a Roger Moore double on the Bond movies asked me out. I've been to Buckingham Palace.

Nancy: I'm also new at this game, but I'll give it a shot: I wore a brace for scoliosis in high school, I was once a movie extra, and I have a blue belt in jeet kune do.

Christine W: Ooh. Me next. I'm an only child and both my parents are also only children. I had brain surgery when I was two. I met my husband when I was 19. And I'd order something from our gawgeous cabana boy but I'm afraid Sven would get jealous!

WHEW! Are you up for the challenge of trying to sort out the facts from fiction? Or maybe you’d like to share 2 Truths and a Lie about yourself?

Hi Aunty Cindy,I've never played this game before and I've only played Balderdash once. I'm going to have to come back later when I come up with a good lie. I can't figure what the lies are with you guys. Congrats on the GR, Tawny.

Tawny, he's happy to go shoe shopping. It means air conditioning! By the way, it's freezing here today! Brrrr! I've been writing under a blanket with a hot water bottle. Where's a nice warm cabana boy when you want him? Oh, that's right. Cindy stole them all to decorate her post!

hehe Jo - its miserable hot here, but it cooled down this evening (not enough to need Anna's hot water bottle, though) and we're taking the cover off the pool tomorrow, so he can sun before we shoe shop (the tan might help him retain his manhood while we shop *g*)

Tiffany, I'm going to guess the rat part is made up. If not, I want details on what movies your rats starred in LOL.

lol, tawny. I have to admit... we (hubby and I) sold fancy dumbo-blue rats (I kid you not, the colour of a Canadian five dollar bill) but our agoutis (brown rats) stared in Witchblade a TV series :) I lurve rats. Wonderful creatures, smarter than a dog too.

OK I have never played this game either but I am going to guess the answersJeanne3. FalseChristie2. FalseJoan2. FalseAunty Cindy3. FalseSuz2. FalseJo1. FalseAnna1. FalseNancy3. FalseChristine1. FalseThey are my quick answers

Guesses of the lies... see I don't know you crazy gals all that well.Jeanne: BlackbeltChristie: PilotJoan: Hmmmm... someone mentioned an Irishman on here once, can't remember who. so I have to say the first is the fib.AuntyC: Gunpoint.Suz: Either the first or the last. Jo:The firstAnna:The second one. I think it's a nice dream, but there is a reason we make up all our hotties :) Nancy: No idea. The third? Seems too obscure. Christine: The last?

Tawny: We trained our rats. They could stay, come, stand, the usual things. Our boys reached about four pounds---that is pretty big for a domestic rat. I've trained ferrets too. I had four of them before the babes (they are not good around children under six) They were, Kyra Bear, Gus, Nozzi, and Spaz. :) I'm a lover of animals. I thought I'd be an ornithologist, when I that dream seemed wrong I wanted my own managerie of birds but the hubby is allergic. Seriously, how is such a thing possible?

Well, crud! I missed posting to this one and I had my two all ready to go! Okay, two truths and a lie about me: 1) I met my husband in thermodynamics class while pursuing my mechanical engineering degree; 2) I enjoy spelunking, rappelling, whitewater rafting, kayaking, extreme zip lines and windsurfing; 3) I once dated a guy who had played basketball for Italy.

I have to say, everyone else's is hard! But I don't think Christie was a navy pilot...

Since like Tiff, I don't all of you that well either, I'm taking a stab at it.

Jeanne: Show and train Dalmations

Christie: Eight brothers and sisters. And if you do, you need to start a television show. *g*

Joan: the quilts.

Aunty C: ex proposal on first date. He seems more of a let's get married on the second date sort of guy. *g*

Suz: rock band.

Jo: rode a camel.

Anna C: Roger Moore look-alike. But if I'm wrong, I feel like I should know this! LOL

Nancy: blue belt

Christine: only child of only child parents

Okay, now for me:

I saved a horse once who escaped from the stables and was dubbed the "Horse Whisperer" by my family. No one in my family knew I was an aspiring romance writer until two weeks ago when my aunt googled my name. I am a fabulous baker and have never been threatened with a makeover... from my own mother!

Congrats on the GR Tawny, when searching for shoes you will notice he has a thing for spiked heels.Oh this looks like fun.....it is all a guess for me though.What I believe to be lies.Jeanne: Rehabbed four houses.Christie: Former Navy PilotJoan: Online dated guy named Patrick.Aunty C: The proposal by ex.Suz: Uh, delivered a baby.Jo: Touched the Berlin Wall.Anna C.: Buckingham Palace.Nancy: Movie ExtraChristine W.: Only child of only children.

Joan, love your broken star quilt. I also quilt to and have made that quilt also very difficult. I have never entered any of my quilts at the fair, started to do the Boyle Co fair in KY this past year but chickened out. The Broken star would have been the one I entered if I had. I just thought it would be a big hassel.

YAY Tawny on capturing the GR. He chowed down on that coconut ice cream sundae in the HUGE margarita glass with Jo-Mama and me after our meeting yesterday. Since it's another hot day, I'm sure both of you will enjoy shopping at the mall!

Tiffany, I KNEW that rat thing had to be true. As y'all can see by these answers, truth really is stranger than fiction!

Helen, I thought you had FOUR dogs, but maybe I counted wrong! LOL!

Carol, I'm thinking you were not a Hotel cook. Then again...

This game is actually easier to play in person when you can watch a person's facial expression and body language. One or both often give away the lie!

Hey Jane! If you need help with making up a lie, any of the Banditas will be happy to assist! :-)

Elyssa, since very few members of my family knew I was writing romance novels until I SOLD one, I'm guessing that is TRUE of you too. And the Horse Whisperer thing is too unusual to be a lie. Therefore...

Dianna, I do think you were a professional hand model. The other two, I'm not so sure...

Tawny, congrats on the GR. Making good use of that restored PC, I see!

Tiffany, I would've picked the rats, too. Darn! (or "rats!*g*). But Witchblade? I loooved Witchblade! How cool that you worked on it! I'm so looking forward to the DVD release. It's the same day as Stargate: Continuum, and I'll be on a plane to San Francisco. My guys will have to hit the store for me.

Wow! Y'all are really rockin' on these answers. I confess, I don't know which ones are which on some of the banditas. I'll also say that somebody got mine right, but I won't yet say who. Tune in later, same bat-day, same bat-channel. (BTW, Adam West is going to be at DragonCon.)

AC, maybe I should qualify my statements. One of the three is a half lie. I was offered a job as a hand model in my early twenties but I didn't take it. To look at me now you would never believe it but I was offered several modeling jobs when I was a sweet young thing...LOL

Dianna,Actually I do not find it hard to believe that you were offered modeling jobs. After all, I really WAS a runner up in a beauty pageant. And big THANX to everyone for being so diplomatic and not calling me a liar on that one! LOL!

This is funTiffany those rats sound very cuteas for me Dianna and Aunty Cindy I have 3 dogs love them Tootsie Brandy and Blocker Jeanne I am the eldest of 4 girls no brothers and Nancy you are correct this little black duck wouldn't go to a gym to much hard work and besides which it would cut into my reading time LOL.Have FunHelen

Carol I am going to guess that knowing all of Bango Patterson work is falseCaren I am going to guess dating The Italian basketball player is falseElyssa I would say the faboulos baker and makeover is falseDianna the yellow belt in karateBuffie riding the camelTerrio first job as a train operater

Jeanne, Banjo Paterson is our national poet! Sheesh! He wrote the lyrics for Waltzing Matilda for a start. Not to mention The Man from Snowy River. There was movement at the station for the new had got around that the cold from old Regret had got away... Doesn't that make you want to chase a wild horse through the bush?

Oh Anna don't you just love The Man From Snowy River I love listening to someone read that well. Wasn't it Kirk Douglas in the mini series saying that.As for the gym it isn't really me is it LOL.I have to go to work soon so I will keep checking in when I canHave FunHelen

Helen, do you remember Leonard Teale? He came to our school and did a whole performance of the bush ballads and I still remember how fantastic it was. I also had a grade five teacher who loved them so we used to spend a lot of school time reading things like Mulga Bill's Bicycle and The Man from Iron Bark. One of my faves was We'll All be Rooned, said Hanrahan. That one still makes me laugh.

PJ, my guess is the lie is the gardener. You look like a photographer to me!

A station's like a ranch (kinda) and Regret (or perhaps Old Regret was its full name) is the sire of the colt that got away. It's quite an exciting poem - really captures galloping through the bush well. Helen, I remember Leonard Teale from Homicide, although admittedly from my childhood. It was popular in our house!

Helen, you've never mentioned a gym, so I guessed that might be it! Thanks for the congratulations!

Buffie, I'm guessing the jet is the "no" on you. I'd love to fly with the Blue Angels (go, Navy!) but I get sick on anything swoopy or whirly. If you really did that, Yay you!

AC wrote: Very sneaky, Nancy, saying somebody got yours right, but not saying who! I thought you wanted a slow "reveal." So I'll say this much--I really do have a blue belt in jeet kune do karate. I just haven't used it lately.

BTW, AC, thanks for updating the sidebar. It looks great! I appreciate the congratulations, too. No matter where I place, I still get Death by Chocolate *g* I sent in the $ yesterday.

Dianna, I think the hand model offer is cool! I have trouble holding mine steady, as I assume one must in that line of work.

Terrio, I pick train operator for the not. However, I now see that's wrong. Having all those siblings, even if you're not one of six, sounds wonderful. As a devotee of the Bobbsey Twins, I wanted to come from a big family.

PJ--the photography and the travel seem to go together, and I personally have a totally brown thumb, so I guess the lie is the gardening?

I met the fabulous Trish Milburn on Saturday!!! She is SO CUTE and an absolute doll. Not that I expected anything less. I didn't know if she would recognize me, but as soon as I walked up, she squealed and jumped up to give me a hug. I know the other luncheon attendees thought "What are those two squealing about?" We had a lovely time. Roxie St. Clair was the keynote speaker and she was very entertaining and inspiring, wasn't she, Trish?

Can I just say that Trish's table was a rowdy bunch. (Her table filled up before I could get my butt in a chair!)AND the ladies at her table racked up an impressive number of gift basket wins - author baskets and raffle baskets. She was definitely a good luck charm!

Sorry to have been gone so long. I've been gardening...which PJ I think is your lie :-)

If not, come to KY and help me!

Tch, Tch, Tch on those who thought my prize winning baking was an untruth. I have indeed won over 100 ribbons at the KY State Fair MOSTLY for my cakes. in 2003 and won the coveted sweepstakes and am not above "nanny nanny poo pooing" a 10 year old who rubbed her acomplishment in my face :-)

See what happens when you go away for the day--the freaking blog explodes ;)

I know both Ely's and Ter's lies...

I have a Bernese mountain dog that weighs no less than 130 lbs going by the name of baby bear, or booboo when I'm talking to him. It makes for great entertainment when he decides (on his walks) that the dog all the way on the other side of the park cannot complete its day without some slobber happy wagging that knocks everyone over--by boy's a lover ;) He will drag me all the way there, whether I'm on my feet or not doesn't seem to faze him.

Anna got the job bit correct.

Doglady--I'm gonna say the mandarin, Buffie... I have no freaking clue.

I KNOW Cassondra's lie. ;-) And I'm guessing Trish's is the one kidney. Unless, of course, how we've all promised our extras to Foanna is what you mean. LOL! Oh, and I KNOW you have at least 800 books. Don't we all???

WTG on the travel, PJ. Tell me your countries and I'll tell you mine.

And Doglady, I too have walked on the Great Wall, and have the photos to prove it! So glad you and Trish got together at the Readers Luncheon yesterday. The Sacto Valley Rose chapter will have ours on Sept. 20th if anyone is in the area. Susan Wiggs is our guest speaker.

Okay, I'll come clean... The ex did NOT propose on our 1st date. He waited until the 4th. I still thought he was joking.

So YES, I really was held up at gun point. It was my first retail job and I was 17 years old. SCARY!

Cassondra,Glad you threw in that caveat, "...about myself" coz you are superb at creating lies/fiction about other things!

Here's what I'll do about the post, in another hour or so, I'll go in and BOLD the lies. That way you'll find out. As for the ones told here in the comments, y'all have to sort those out for yourselves! Which has been a BLAST by the way!

So far, all guesses on my lie are incorrect! My lie: I am the eldest of nine, not seven. Junior IS my "Boy" and Patsy Swayze did teach a group of us nursing students a Can Can routine. We danced in the University of Houston's Frontier Fiesta in 1955. Our show was called The French Quarter. I was the first dancer onstage, running and yellingto my first move, which was a split!

Pat, I knew this. I figured some people would read that and think Patrick, but that's why I guessed your lie was Earnhart! I figured maybe it was his dad. :0( Not a NASCAR fan, but still sad about that.

Mine was a bit sneaky, C! Actually I was surprised people thought I was lying about the music thing. It was the other two that I thought would confuse everyone! Coming clean - I have NOT been to Buckingham Palace although I've been past it. And the Bond story is absolutely true.

Anna, you've made enough comments here and there about classical music competitions that I knew that one was true. The Bond thing was just too far fetched to be a lie--and you know--everybody dates somebody--why NOT?

But all that time in England and you haven't been to the Palace?

Okay it's obviously going to take me a while to get over this one. I mean, I'VE been to Buckingham Palace. Saw a guard there with a hangover who was all wobbly and had his buzby (is that spelled right) on real crooked.

AC, I've actually been to more than 7 countries but my fuzzy mind (courtesy of sinus/bronchial infections and associated meds)forgot about some of them when I posted. I've been to Canada, Mexico, Belgium, France, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Jamaica, The Bahamas and The Cayman Islands.

The French Quarter was absolutelywonderful! The Fiesta ran for aweek and we all had a grand time!I have one little picture of me inmy costume and my grandchildren allgiggle to see their grandma, dressed in the funny outfit!

We mentioned Patrick Swayze earlier, I just want to send him the best wishes! I want to let him know I've put his name on our prayer list.

Okay, here goes, and hope I don't forget any...Mexico, Canada, China, Thailand, Australia, UK, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Italy, The Vatican, Monaco, Greece, Turkey, Turk & Caicos, Virgin Islands, and every state EXCEPT, West Virginia (I was within 500 yards but it was raining too hard to cross the line), Connecticut, and Rhode Island. I've also been in Puerto Ricl and I have been in the airport in Tokyo, Japan, but only to change planes. :-)

I've been gone most of the day, but my goodness, what a lot of fun you've been having today.

I'll reveal my LIE: I've never seen the Berlin Wall in person. When I lived there, it hadn't yet been built, so while I lived there and saw the check point into East Germany, there was no wall at the time.

Yes, we were kidnapped in Guatemala, held hostage for about five hours, maybe six, and released unharmed.

I rode a camel in Egypt when I'd never even ridden a horse! They're amazing creatures and I, of course, was much younger.

Wow, Aunty Cindy, that is quite a list! You lucky thing, you! I have NOT walked the Great Wall. China is one of those places I would love to visit at some point as I DO speak Mandarin. The alligator? Well, that is back in my zoo volunteer days.

Joan, I would love to see your quilts. I quilt too, when I have time! I used to piece and quilt all of my quilts by hand, but my brother bought me a fantastic sewing machine a few years ago so I don't piece them by hand as much. I do quilt them by hand as it is very relaxing. He bought the sewing machine because I was taking too long to finish his bear claw denim and flannel quilt!

Anna, I knew you are a musician and I figured you were just the sort of girl a James Bond double would ask out!

But my Mama was a skilled and wonderful quilter. I inherited only 1/2 of the quilting gene. I can piece by machine and quilt crooked stitches by hand. The one wall hanging I tried to do...she had to finish for me. I have no patience to do an entire quilt.

I'm afraid Jeanne is only a red belt, and while Joanie can quilt, she is not at master level, and sorry, the picture was one I found, not her work. Oh, and much as Madame C-W might wish it otherwise, she DOES have a brother!

PJ, I am sorry we have the "held up at gunpoint" in common. That is JUST TOO SCARY!

And Doglady, seeing The Great Wall was one of the three places I told the DH I wanted to go before I died (the other two were Ireland and Venice).

Yes, The Vatican is a separate country, as is a tiny place called San Marino, also on the Italian peninsula, but so far I haven't made it there...YET!

I do hope you get to Venice at somepoint! It is the one place I havebeen and words fail me when I tryto describe our trip! I won thetrip in a sweepstakes, which makesit my ultimate prize! We stayed in5-star hotels which at one time were 5-star palaces! One of the hotels was once the Doge of Venice's own palace! Just be sure to allot as much time as possible for your stay.

The bolding isn't coming up on my monitor. In case anyone else has a similar issue, I'll go ahead and tell you the lie was "movie extra." I did earn a blue belt, and I did wear a scoliosis brace, like the one in Sixteen Candles..

Yup. I've had brain surgery. LOL Carol, it was not to reroute the synapses, but to stop brain fluid leaking out my nose. Charming, eh?I had a scar along my hairline from ear to ear. It's shrunk but it's still there. So if you see me in San Fran, come up and as me to pull my hair back and show you;)

Helen is right...I know a few bits of banjo's stuff but not much..there are stacks of them...my favourite is the Clancy of the overflow...love itthese are my guess'sapologies if I leave anyone out.Tiffany Lie...only child

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